A 140 GHz to 170 GHz Active Tunable Noise Source Development in SiGe BiCMOS 55 nm Technology

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Fiorese, Victor [1 ,2 ]
Goncalves, Joao Carlos Azevedo [1 ]
Bouvot, Simon [1 ]
Dubois, Emmanuel [2 ]
Gaquiere, Christophe [2 ]
Ducournau, Guillaume [2 ]
Danneville, Francois [2 ]
Lepilliet, Sylvie [2 ]
Gloria, Daniel [1 ]
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[1] STMicroelectronics, Grenoble, France
[2] IEMN Inst Elect Microelect & Nanotechnol, Villeneuve Dascq, France
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A new approach of millimeter wave (mmW) integrated active noise source (NS) is introduced for noise characterization up to 170 GHz. This NS is based on a diode biased in avalanche regime in BiCMOS 55 nm (B55) technology from STMicroelectronics. In order to increase the noise sensitivity of setup using this NS, a two-stage cascode Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) composed of 4 high speed NPN transistors is cascaded at its output, targeting high available Excess Noise Ratios ( ENRav ) ENRav levels have been extracted, showing tunable values ranged between 0 dB to 37 dB in the 140-170 GHz frequency range.
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